The Healthy Meal Program

Aging Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Healthy Meal Program

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03531411
• Other study ID #: HM20011955
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: June 2018
• Source: Virginia Commonwealth University
• Contact: Pamela Parsons, PhD, RN
• Phone: (804) 828-5306
• Email: pparsons[@]vcu.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Richmond Health and Wellness Program (RHWP) is an innovative and emerging nurse-led inter-professional wellness and care coordination model that represents a holistic and integrated approach to community based care. The model addresses unmet health care needs of vulnerable adults residing in low-income housing designated for older adults with a goal of helping them to "age in place" while improving quality of life through health equity. Through the promotion of wellness and care coordination among vulnerable older adults, RWHP will connect participants to resources that meet their health, nutritional, and safety needs and provide a meal to address nutritional needs and food insecurity.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 250
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: January 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 55 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Resident of senior low income housing apartment buildings in Richmond, VA

Exclusion Criteria:

• Persons with cognitive impairment that are not able to engage in setting behavior goals

• Individuals with more than 1 of 3 positive on the Mini-Cog

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aging

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Healthy Meals Program
RHWP provides a weekly meal along with promotion of wellness and care coordination among vulnerable older adults.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	Virginia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Virginia Commonwealth University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Change in Mobility	The Timed Up and Go Test (TUG) is a simple test used to assess a person's mobility and requires both static and dynamic balance. It uses the time that a person takes to rise from a chair, walk three meters, turn around, walk back to the chair, and sit down. The TUG is used frequently in the elderly populations, as it is easy to administer in 10 minutes	Baseline to 6 months
Other	Change in Food Insecurity	The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Short form is a 6-item form of the survey module and the associated 6-item Food Security Scale developed by the National Center for Health Statistics. This scale will be administered to ensure food insecurity needs have been addressed	Baseline to 6 months
Primary	Number of participants setting a health behavior goal related to nutrition	Investigators will assess the individual's knowledge and skill related to wellness and nutrition goal by using the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) to determine the individual's readiness to establish a health behavior goal related to nutrition. Individuals who are determined to be ready based on their PAM score will be asked by the investigators to set a health behavior goal.	6 months
Primary	Change in depression scores	The Geriatric Depression Scale 15 will be used to assess the extent of depression. This is a 15 point scale with higher scores indicating greater depression.	Baseline to 6 months
Secondary	Change in Social Isolation	The Lubben Social Network Scale records distinct levels of social interaction with relatives and friends. The scale measure the components of family networks, friend networks and interdependent social supports, and takes 5-10 minutes to complete. Higher scores indicate more social engagement.	Baseline to 6 months
Secondary	Change in Quality of Life	The 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12)asks for individual's views about their health. This information will help keep track of how they feel and how well they are able to do usual activities, with higher scores indicating lower quality of life.	Baseline to 6 months